Russia's hybrid military forces mounted six attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action.

"One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the past day. According to intelligence reports, one occupier was killed and another two were wounded," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation said in an update published on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on December 7, 2018.

The Russian occupation forces opened aimed fire from hand-held and automatic grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms to attack the defenders of the villages of Chermalyk, Vodiane, and Lebedynske.

The enemy also employed 82mm mortars, shelling the Ukrainian positions near the village of Novotoshkivske, while those near the town of Maryinka came under fire from small arms used for provocation.

"Since Friday midnight, Russian-led forces have attacked the Ukrainian positions near the village of Taramchuk, using heavy machine guns. No Ukrainian army casualties have been reported since the start of the day," reads the report.

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